Plane crashes in 1943
809 crashes worldwide in 1943, with 4,030 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.
- Crashes: 809
- Fatal crashes: 605
- Fatalities: 4,030
- First recorded: January 1, 1943
- Most recent: December 31, 1943
Deadliest
- January 13, 1943: Junkers JU.290, Stalingrad Volgograd oblast, Russia (45 fatalities)
- June 14, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Mackay Queensland, Australia (40 fatalities)
- January 15, 1943: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Paramaribo Paramaribo City District, Suriname (35 fatalities)
- February 18, 1943: Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Seattle Washington, United States (34 fatalities)
- June 9, 1943: Douglas DC-3, Yanchi Xinjiang Uyghur, China (32 fatalities)
Countries
- United Kingdom (160)
- United States (155)
- International waters and airspace (55)
- Australia (44)
- Netherlands (42)
- Papua New Guinea (32)
- Russia (30)
- Canada (28)
- Italy (25)
- China (23)
- India (23)
- France (20)
Manufacturers
- Douglas (163)
- Consolidated (154)
- Avro (95)
- Lockheed (77)
- Boeing (48)
- Martin (43)
- Curtiss (32)
- Short (26)
- Airspeed (24)
- Vickers (19)
- North American (16)
- Handley Page (14)
Aircraft
- Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) (102)
- Consolidated B-24 Liberator (73)
- Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina (69)
- Avro 652 Anson (50)
- Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (46)
- Lockheed L-414 Hudson (38)
- Martin B-26 Marauder (36)
- Avro 683 Lancaster (34)
- Curtiss C-46 Commando (32)
- Airspeed AS.10 Oxford (24)
- Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3) (22)
- Short S.25 Sunderland (20)
All crashes (page 1 of 9)
- December 31, 1943: Messerschmitt M.20, Germany (0 fatalities)
- December 30, 1943: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Pacific Ocean, World (6 fatalities)
- December 30, 1943: Avro 652 Anson, Isle of Man, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
- December 29, 1943: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Lakeside Utah, United States (13 fatalities)
- December 29, 1943: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Lakeside Utah, United States (12 fatalities)
- December 29, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Gander Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (10 fatalities)
- December 29, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Sciacca AFB Sicily, Italy (0 fatalities)
- December 29, 1943: Short S.25 Sunderland, Voi Coast, Kenya (8 fatalities)
- December 29, 1943: Douglas DB-7 Boston, Portreath AFB Cornwall, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
- December 28, 1943: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Ludlow California, United States (4 fatalities)
- December 27, 1943: Douglas DC-3, Coral Sea, World (24 fatalities)
- December 27, 1943: Consolidated LB-30 Liberator, Gander Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (0 fatalities)
- December 27, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Shin Bway Yang Kachin State, Myanmar (7 fatalities)
- December 26, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Chabua AFB (Dibrugarh) Assam, India (1 fatality)
- December 26, 1943: Avro 652 Anson, Barmouth Gwynedd, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
- December 25, 1943: Douglas DC-3, Atlantic Ocean, World (4 fatalities)
- December 24, 1943: Short S.25 Sunderland, Bay of Biscay, World (21 fatalities)
- December 24, 1943: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Winter Hill Lancashire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- December 23, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Newquay-Saint Mawgan AFB Cornwall, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
- December 23, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Mt Victoria Central, Papua New Guinea (6 fatalities)
- December 23, 1943: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Sookerating Assam, India (1 fatality)
- December 22, 1943: Vickers 440 Wellington X, Lichfield AFB Staffordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- December 22, 1943: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, West Palm Beach Florida, United States (14 fatalities)
- December 22, 1943: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Texel North Holland, Netherlands (10 fatalities)
- December 21, 1943: Lisunov LI-2, Moscow-Vnukovo Moscow oblast, Russia (3 fatalities)
- December 21, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Azores Islands Azores Islands, Portugal (0 fatalities)
- December 21, 1943: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Charley River Alaska, United States (4 fatalities)
- December 19, 1943: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Wigram AFB (Christchurch) Canterbury Regional Council, New Zealand (2 fatalities)
- December 19, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Rockhampton Queensland, Australia (31 fatalities)
- December 19, 1943: Short S.25 Sunderland, Atlantic Ocean, World (19 fatalities)
- December 18, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Ramenye Tver oblast, Russia (14 fatalities)
- December 18, 1943: Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer, Mossley Great Manchester, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- December 18, 1943: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Jacksonville Florida, United States (6 fatalities)
- December 17, 1943: Lockheed 18 LodeStar, Leuchars AFB Fife, United Kingdom (10 fatalities)
- December 17, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Killarney Munster, Ireland (5 fatalities)
- December 17, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Topham, Canton Island, Kiribati (9 fatalities)
- December 16, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Terschelling Friesland, Netherlands (10 fatalities)
- December 16, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Terschelling Friesland, Netherlands (10 fatalities)
- December 16, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Raerd Friesland, Netherlands (10 fatalities)
- December 16, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Shivpuri Madhya Pradesh, India (0 fatalities)
- December 16, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Texel North Holland, Netherlands (10 fatalities)
- December 16, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Raerd Friesland, Netherlands (10 fatalities)
- December 14, 1943: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Ledo Assam, India (1 fatality)
- December 14, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Turtle Head Island Queensland, Australia (0 fatalities)
- December 14, 1943: Heinkel He.111, Poleymieux-au-Mont-d’Or Rhône, France (5 fatalities)
- December 14, 1943: Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow, Inishowen Head Ulster, Ireland (4 fatalities)
- December 13, 1943: Noorduyn Norseman, Cape Harrison Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (0 fatalities)
- December 13, 1943: Martin PBM Mariner, Virginia Beach Virginia, United States (18 fatalities)
- December 10, 1943: Avro 683 Lancaster, Terramesnil Somme, France (2 fatalities)
- December 10, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Fort Hertz Kachin State, Myanmar (0 fatalities)
- December 9, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Bovingdon AFB Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (10 fatalities)
- December 9, 1943: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Llanasa Flintshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- December 9, 1943: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Bay of Bengal, World (0 fatalities)
- December 8, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Lae Morobe, Papua New Guinea (0 fatalities)
- December 7, 1943: Lockheed PV-1 Ventura, Domo Cove, Solomon Islands (4 fatalities)
- December 6, 1943: Armstrong Whitworth AW.41 Albemarle, Bournemouth Dorset, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
- December 6, 1943: De Havilland DH.84 Dragon, Croydon Queensland, Australia (2 fatalities)
- December 5, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Peni Mountains Catalonia, Spain (12 fatalities)
- December 5, 1943: Short S.25 Sunderland, Ballycastle Antrim, United Kingdom (9 fatalities)
- December 4, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Fort Benning AFB (Lawson AAF) Georgia, United States (1 fatality)
- December 4, 1943: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Pensacola Florida, United States (1 fatality)
- December 4, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Lajes Azores Islands, Portugal (0 fatalities)
- December 3, 1943: Lockheed L-414 Hudson, Nausori, Fiji Islands (4 fatalities)
- December 3, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Lundy Island Devon, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- December 2, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Tsuyung AFB (Chuxiong) Yunnan, China (0 fatalities)
- December 1, 1943: Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), Hyannis Nebraska, United States (5 fatalities)
- December 1, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Port Moresby National Capital District, Papua New Guinea (0 fatalities)
- December 1, 1943: Avro 652 Anson, Bundaberg Queensland, Australia (0 fatalities)
- December 1, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Townsville Queensland, Australia (0 fatalities)
- December 1, 1943: Avro 652 Anson, Wick Caithness, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
- November 30, 1943: Avro 652 Anson, Mt Foel Grach Gwynedd, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- November 30, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Membury AFB Berkshire, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
- November 30, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Portreath AFB Cornwall, United Kingdom (12 fatalities)
- November 30, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Membury AFB Berkshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
- November 29, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Gibraltar, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- November 28, 1943: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Beaufort NAS South Carolina, United States (6 fatalities)
- November 28, 1943: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Belém Pará, Brazil (10 fatalities)
- November 27, 1943: Lockheed C-60 LodeStar, Sabinal Texas, United States (8 fatalities)
- November 27, 1943: De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, Harare Harare Province, Zimbabwe (0 fatalities)
- November 27, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Sambhar Rajasthan, India (0 fatalities)
- November 26, 1943: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Texel North Holland, Netherlands (10 fatalities)
- November 26, 1943: Lockheed 18 LodeStar, Port Moresby National Capital District, Papua New Guinea (15 fatalities)
- November 26, 1943: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Smith's Lawn AFB Berkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- November 26, 1943: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Unalaska Alaska, United States (3 fatalities)
- November 26, 1943: Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Bremen-Neuenland Bremen, Germany (10 fatalities)
- November 26, 1943: North American B-25 Mitchell, Cherbourg-Maupertus Manche, France (2 fatalities)
- November 26, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Uelkal Chukotka okrug, Russia (4 fatalities)
- November 25, 1943: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, Moreton-in-Marsh AFB Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- November 24, 1943: Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I, Colsterdale North Yorkshire, United Kingdom (8 fatalities)
- November 24, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Algiers Algiers, Algeria (7 fatalities)
- November 24, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Fort Pepperrell AFB (St John's) Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (1 fatality)
- November 24, 1943: Vickers 458 Wellington XI, Dakar Dakar Region, Senegal (2 fatalities)
- November 24, 1943: Curtiss C-46 Commando, Indochina, Vietnam (1 fatality)
- November 23, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Nakéty Bay New Caledonia, New Caledonia (25 fatalities)
- November 23, 1943: Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow, Auchenblae Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
- November 22, 1943: Avro 683 Lancaster, Waddington AFB Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
- November 22, 1943: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Atlantic Ocean, World (9 fatalities)
- November 21, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Tamaqua Pennsylvania, United States (7 fatalities)
- November 21, 1943: Short S.25 Sunderland, Nigg Ross and Cromarty, United Kingdom (4 fatalities)
- November 21, 1943: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Monto Queensland, Australia (13 fatalities)